300ZX was pronounced with a zee. Those of us who studied computer science think of zed as the language Z, I think.

My 240Z was pronounced 240Zed.

CB Kevin "if a single member is going to bring this community down by their consistent negative contributions and never add anything of merit or substance to the forums, I'd rather them not be a member at all (even if they didn't "break" the rules)."

CB Kevin "if a single member is going to bring this community down by their consistent negative contributions and never add anything of merit or substance to the forums, I'd rather them not be a member at all (even if they didn't "break" the rules)."

As a car enthusiast, who's always had an affection for the Z (especially the original 240), I can definitely confirm. It's been a Zeecar, and always will be.

Well my 1972 Datsun 240Z was a "Zed". Sorry to rain on you "zee". LoL

CB Kevin "if a single member is going to bring this community down by their consistent negative contributions and never add anything of merit or substance to the forums, I'd rather them not be a member at all (even if they didn't "break" the rules)."

As a Canadian living in the U.S. I can assure you, you're both right. It was a "zed" car in Canada and it has always been a "zee" car in the U.S.

I know. I am just having some fun.

I don't care what they call it as long as they call it "successful".

CB Kevin "if a single member is going to bring this community down by their consistent negative contributions and never add anything of merit or substance to the forums, I'd rather them not be a member at all (even if they didn't "break" the rules)."

Remember that the US by population is quite a bit larger than Canada - 320 million vs what, 40 million or so? The UK is 62 million, Australia is 22 million and New Zealand is 4.3 million.

US English-as-first-language speakers outnumber all other countries put together, I think (I'm not sure how many in India use English as a first language though so I could be completely wrong just because of that).

Also Greek alphabet derived languages don't call it Zee or Zed. Russian seems to call the equivalent letter ze, like zed without the D it sounds like.

Really we are all pronouncing it wrong. It is zeta.

Just because you always do something wrong doesn't make it right.
The US, just like Canada, was settled buy the English so we should know how to speak the language. Not saying we Canadians are perfect English speaking people either, but I don't agree that just because the majority has decided to do it a different way means that that's the right way.
Next you will say that we need to say "axe" instead of "ask".

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Originally Posted by Dougielas

Just because you always do something wrong doesn't make it right.
The US, just like Canada, was settled buy the English so we should know how to speak the language. Not saying we Canadians are perfect English speaking people either, but I don't agree that just because the majority has decided to do it a different way means that that's the right way.
Next you will say that we need to say "axe" instead of "ask".

Oh I know. But zee isn't wrong either, it's just American English rather than British English. If Americans hear about a phone called the zed ten they will have no idea that a marking "Z10" is what that is, but it isn't a big deal.

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Originally Posted by Dougielas

Just because you always do something wrong doesn't make it right.
The US, just like Canada, was settled buy the English so we should know how to speak the language. Not saying we Canadians are perfect English speaking people either, but I don't agree that just because the majority has decided to do it a different way means that that's the right way.
Next you will say that we need to say "axe" instead of "ask".

Oh I know. But zee isn't wrong either, it's just American English rather than British English. If Americans hear about a phone called the zed ten they will have no idea that a marking "Z10" is what that is, but it isn't a big deal.

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